Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala acquired his Bachelors Degree in Science (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) from Kanpur University and Doctoral Degree in Food and Resource Economics from University of Florida in 1973 at the age of 23. He has published academic papers in The American Economist and Southern Economic Journal.
He was Assistant Professor of Economics at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is a freelance columnist and consultant to donors and NGOs since 1993.
His published books are:
- Political Economy of Rig Veda and Ramayana (Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, 1993).
- Varna Vyavastha: Governance through Caste System (Rawat, Jaipur, India, 1999) Reprinted.
- Welfare State and Globalization: A Critique of Amartya Sen (Rawat, Jaipur, India, 2000).
- Governance and Human Rights, edited (Kalpaz, New Delhi, 2002).
- Human Development, with R K Bhattacharya and V K Srivastava, co-editors (Kalpaz, New Delhi, 2003).
- Traditional Agricultural Technologies of the Thar (Gravis, Jodhpur, India, 2003).
- Indian Approach to Women’s Empowerment, jointly authored with Madhu Jhunjhunwala (Rawat, Jaipur, India, 2004).
He writes a weekly column on political economy which is published in about 40 papers in ten languages in India, Pakistan, Indonesia and other countries.
He was awarded the Nachiketa Award by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002 for outstanding contribution to economic journalism.